Last night when our domestic Cordelia finished work we drove her home through the township. It was dark and to be honest I was terrified! I started getting annoyed with Norm for taking the risk of driving through at night and then I started to think about how I would feel if I was Cordelia …
Author: Kitten In The City
Georgia Peach transplanted to the most beautiful city in the world, Cape Town. A Data Diva. Mom of 3. Grandmother of 2. Wife of 1. Sharing little stories about my everyday life in South Africa.
Vigilante Justice
I find that when you take ownership of something it empowers you. Norman has now joined the Hout Bay Neighbourhood Watch (HBNW) and this means you have access to a radio where you can be tuned into everything happening in the bay. It also means (and this is why we wanted it) that if in …
Daddy’s Home
It has become a bit of a standing joke in our house that as soon as Norm (Mr Kitten in the city) goes away, chaos ensues. At one point I almost believed he had set things up to go wrong just so I appreciate him. But that level of underhandedness is more my style than …
Afraid of the Dark
I know that this blog was meant to be a social happy type blog about life in SAfrica, but at the moment it is not a happy little experience living here and therefore my experiences shared here are not so full of sunshine, rainbows and unicorns at the moment. We have had a giant metal …
Feet of Clay
I was determined not to let the robbery attempt force me to withdraw into my house, and as a result I had a fab weekend. Friday night I just chilled at home with Lily and Josh. It's nice to have family time too. Saturday the gardener came and I also had a few hours of …
The Heart Knows
I’ve been promising to start blogging again, a public blog, less introspective and more frivolous. So I may as well start today.The thing most prevalent in my life this week is safety. As most of you know we were robbed by 2 armed drug fuelled African men in January. Until then we had been rather …
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